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Article: 12 NATIONS INAUGURATE SOUTH AMERICAN COMMUNITY.
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- NotiSur - South American Political and Economic Affairs
- Article date:
- January 14, 2005
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Even as MERCOSUR has grown, in a Dec. 8-9 presidential summit in Cuzco, Peru sought to forge a new level of South American integration with the creation of a 12-nation bloc--the South American Community of Nations. Presidents and high-ranking officials from 12 countries gathered in the ancient Inca capital to create the political and economic bloc they hope will put them on a more equal footing with the US, Europe, and Asia, although the absence of four presidents--Ecuador's Lucio Gutierrez, Uruguay's Jorge Batlle, Paraguay's Nicanor Duarte, and Argentina's Nestor Kirchner--led to questions about the strength of the commitment to form another regional bloc.
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